Bill Text: NY S08332 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Defines the term kinship caregiver.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-07-22 - referred to children and families [S08332 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S08332-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8332 IN SENATE May 13, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to defining a kinship caregiver The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 371 of the social services law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 22 to read as follows: 3 22. "Kinship caregiver" means a relative or non-relative who is acting 4 as a parent and who: 5 (a) is related to the child through blood, marriage or adoption; 6 (b) is related to a half-sibling of the child through blood, marriage 7 or adoption; or 8 (c) is an adult with a positive prior relationship with the child, a 9 half-sibling of the child or the child's parent, including, but not 10 limited to, a step-parent, godparent, neighbor or family friend. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16201-01-0